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Funding Disparities and the Inequitable Distribution of Teachers: Evaluating Sources and Solutions
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Adamson, Frank; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
The inequitable distribution of well-qualified teachers to students in the United States is a longstanding issue. Despite federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind Act and the use of a range of incentives to attract teachers to high-need schools, the problem remains acute in many states. This study examines how and why teacher quality is…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Salaries, Educational Research
Closing the Skills Gap: A Blueprint for Preparing New York City's Workforce to Meet the Evolving Needs of Employers
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Fischer, David Jason; Reiss, Jeremy – Center for an Urban Future, 2010
While public attention remains focused on the highest unemployment numbers in a generation, New York City is drifting toward a structural crisis with which policy makers could be grappling long after the recession fades to a bad memory. Even as the concerns about financial capital that spurred the downturn begin to subside, public officials must…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Labor Market
Sixth Annual Report on the Occupations, Job Status and Ethnic Characteristics of Employees in the New York State Agencies.
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New York State Dept. of Civil Service, Albany, NY. – 1972
In an attempt to achieve equality in employment practices this annual report is presented as an ethnic survey of employees of the executive branch of New York State government. This report compares the data collected in late 1972 with that gathered in three of five previous years: 1967, 1970, and 1971, and tabulates and examines employee…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employees, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Groups
Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 4, Number 6
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Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Improving the Lives of Our High School Students: Alliance and Scholastic Co-Host Invitational High School Literacy…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Grants, Tuition, Public Education
New York, The State of Learning: Statewide Profile of the Educational System. Statistical Profiles of Public School Districts. [1987-88].
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1989
This report presents individual statistical profiles of the school districts of New York State for 1987-88, displayed by racial/ethnic group and sex wherever available. Statistical data are presented on three tables. Table 1 covers the following: (1) Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Enrollment; (2) Annual Attendance Rate; (3) Participation Rate in…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?
Peters, Alan H.; Fisher, Peter S. – 2002
The effectiveness of state enterprise zone programs was examined by using a hypothetical-firm model called the Tax and Incentives Model-Enterprise Zones (TAIM-ez) model to analyze the value of enterprise zone incentives to businesses across the United States and especially in the 13 states that had substantial enterprise zone programs by 1990. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions